This week, Dave and Mark discuss the merger of Home Care & Hospice of New England with Massachusetts-based Visiting Nurse Home Care. The company is operating under the new name HopeHealth, as President and CEO Diana Franchitto explains.

This week Mark and Dave sit down with Anna Cano Morales, the head of the Latino Policy Institute at Roger Williams University. Their discussion includes a recent survey of the fast-growing Latino work force, and the implications for Rhode Island's economy.

This week Mark and Dave chat about PBN's winter survey of local businesses. Chalk it up to a shaky global economy or rising health care costs, businesses are feeling queasy about their local prospects.

This week, they’re joined by Cheryl Snead, the CEO and founder of Bannecker Industries of North Smithfield. Snead is also chair of the Women’s Enterprise Forum, which advises non-profit which works to foster and certify women-owned businesses around the country. The topic is growing opportunities for women to own their own business.

This week Mark and Dave discuss the passage of a controversial toll on commercial trucks; and a new requirement for health insurance companies to invest in alternatives to fee-for-service payment schemes.

This week Mark and Dave speak with John Simmons, executive director of the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council, to discuss how to tolls, bonds and taxes may help pay for bridge and highway repairs among other topics.